Show DELIVERED BY gel lel Q I 1 in the tabernacle salt sall zake lae auy jug city sund sunday a y morning orning in october 8 1832 BY iby 0 P F cibba we assemble together in theca tho capacity of a conference for the purpose of being taught concerning our as latter day saints B as members of the chura church i of christ and it Is of the utmost importance that when we thus meet that we should have the presence and assistance anbe of the tha spirit of god gad I 1 should not no td daro dare aro arc this morning to arise witt with the intention of speaking to tb you if I 1 did not chopo that I 1 should have the assist assistance of that spirit I 1 could not of myself tell that which is best adapted to you and to your circumstances it le quires the all search inz ins spirit ot of our god to reveal unto us ats ais servants those items of doctrIn doctrine ej of instruction of counsel anuff anulf and if need be of reproof and warning which will be ot of benefit to the latter day saints who are as ai as we are today to day we are living in a momentous time at no period in the history ot of the children of god la in thiddis this thia dispensation pensa tion have events been of more importance than thosa which are now taking aluce in our midst and arou abou around nd about us I 1 have been exceedingly thankful for one thing amid the threats and menaces and all the attempts attempt a which have been made against ua us to curtail our liberties to embarrass us ua and if possible destroy dur bur our religion one feeling has been uppermost in my mind a feeling of thankfulness that the lord our god inthia anthia in ln tuia thia manner is permitting us to eee tee the fulfillment fulfilment cf ct tho the words he has his spoken through his servant the prophet joseph smith timith and through others othera who havo have aiso also apen inspired of him among the earliest predictions that were made concerning thia this work by the servants of god was wai one to effect that the tune time would come comp when we tre should not only bo be opposed by a small circle a few individuals confined to a neighborhood but bat as the work should spread and increase tha the opposition to it would bo be in proportion to its ita growth and its ita expansion pan sion until it would not be the tho not act of tae the mob or the acts of mobs confined to counties or confined to states but that the time would come that in a national capacity blows would bo be aimed at us by the nation of which we form a part to day my brethren and sisters bisters thebe these predictions are being fulfilled in our sight not one word that god nas has spoken con concerning cornin 9 this work W will wil ill fall to the ground unfulfilled and the very enemies of N this work wora those thosa who are most anxious to destroy it and to provo prova the falsity of its claims are the very tery instruments st in the providence ot of our god used to fulfill fulfil his word and accomplish com his designs dez igns DJ da you chinti for one moment that senator edmunds in framing the bill called by his name or in presenting it to taa tae senate for its action had any idea in hia hla mind that he was an ail instrument ment in fulfilling the predictions of god through kis his servant joseph have you any idea that ho the housa reuss of in passing that sanate bill aften after it had passed the banate I 1 he 1 supposed UP IV ed for one moment that t they 1 y W were weno helping to establish tho the claims of joseph smith as a prophet of the living gad or do y you on imagine that resident arthur in selecting tho the five live commissioners to acl go to utah territory to act in i a ac sc cordasco cor danco with he the provi provisions Blons of this thia bama same law lawi supposed that ho he was heip help ing in any auy manner to etu establish blish hilgh tho the claims of what is called mormon lam iam to divinity or that the commissioners ners themselves in coming here have once thought that they thoy were playing a part to in the great drama of the last days that they in their wore helping or tre tro aro are helpin helping iv to establish the truth of this work the downfall of which is helpin helping iv to establish the truth of this work the downfall of which is bought to be accomplished and yet these those are aro tho the truths connected with this work thebe theeo aro ara the facts the man who framed that bills bill thu tho man who introduced it in lu the son ate the judiciary committee who passed pa sed aed upon it the yonata who adopted the report of its committee of af judiciary and passed the thet bin dil bis tho the house of who took tho the bill pill up and made it law so 80 far as their action was concerned and tho the president of tho un united cited who eho blanks the tho act aali aad wh who the commissioners under it and tho the commissioners them wives elvea who were thus appointed all these men in their official lelal off omm capacity capa olty elty have helped though they thought they doing the very opposite eto to establish the truth of the predie predictions alons of the prophet joseph and of president young and of the apostles who have been inspired of god from the thae commencement of this work until this time and who have predicted that these events would most assuredly tako take place thra thua we see gee that the wrath of man la is made to praise god the acts of men are converted to the glory of gol god and fight light as they may contend as they may resist this thia work aa as they maj may this work the foundation of which god had laid atey can pan do naught against it on the contrary everything they do contributes to its establishment cablish nent contributes tb prove its divine authenticity to show that there is ienn lean an overruling power greater than ihan that of man even the tho power of the most moat high god and that he causes tho the nations of the earth and the powers of the earth to praise him to add to his glory story and ano to the ac lish ment of his purposes besk before leaving this subject laere 0 re la Is one thing wor worthy thy of remark r have been exceedingly imrij gil dil with it the man who introduced Introduce a the daiy of 1862 1882 was a native fund find representative lenta senta tive from the state of vermont the man who introduced the thib bill bijl 0 ot march 1882 was a a senator from the state of vermont senator edmunds Edmund si the president who signed that bill was from the tha state of vermont we had hail another bill passed june 1874 known aa as the poland pois pola d la lar law special legislation for utah territory territory the therl framen framer fi amr of that billits champion the man who did more than any other otheral single ng le man towards pushing shing it through the home house of representatives ta tives and having it become law lave wag waa a representative from tom lom jh tho fhe state of vermont the champions of the edmunds law in the house of representative 4 some of them wore were from the state of vermont notably mr haskell hasken representative from ran kan kansas sm a 9 vermonter Ver monter by birth birt h it Is a remarkable thing that vor Vcr montera r hould should be the chlof chief instruments st in framing urging nud and passage of legislation against us oa on nie nhe the fie other hand band the man who in the hands of god was the chief instrument in laying the foundation of this great work in these last days the ProphetT prophet joseph oseph smith wab was a native of the stata state of vermont and hyrum smith his brother whose blood mingled with the prophets at carthage jail jall J ma was also a native of vermont brigham young hober heber 0 kimball rim Him ball bail erastus snow the snow family albert carrington the farrs farts the Calls the hatches and numbers of the leading families in this thia church were born in that state how remarkable it ia 13 Is s it not that we should have received rezo reze ived EO so many bles bleg blessings sings aings through men born in the green mountain state and sud that our chief enemies apparently stirred up by the adversary to destroy the work which their follow fellow citizens men born upon the same bame so soh BOH were the means in the hands of god of establishing tab lishing that they vermonters Ver Vcr also should be stirred salfred up to seek beek for its destruction we may expect from thil thia time forward the same bame warfare no cea bation no letting jetting up so far as the hatred of tho the wicked is conc concerned emed A part only of the predictions of the prophet have bean rul ful fulfilled filled concerning this latter day work we have been told from the beginning that opposition to this the work of god should not ba be confined to ono one na tion but that it should ested to other nations and that they who array themselves against us as others have done in the pasty past will continue todo to do so go until the whole earth eaith shall bo be warned and its inhabitants be lett left without excuse and aad the kingdom of god be established in power and in great glory upon the earth A great many of our oar brethren and sisters have bave thought and may bt still 11 ll think that we are likely to see very hard times as tho the result cf ef the attacks now being made upon us the hearts of some may almost tail fail them in looking forward to the future anticipating that thero there will bo be sue suc sueh such intense hatred and such active exer eser e exertions tlona tiona made against atwil it will I 1 be very difficult for us to sustain ourselves oura elves no doubt we shall have bave all we can no doubt the lord will quiro require re us its to 10 pas pa s through and endure ordeal ordeals 8 that will test teet our faith to tho the uttermost and mud it will heem at times as though VM ft ere ers 0 O RV ut to bbs d the be howera p aw ers ors of darkness will gather around us and everything will took look aa threatening so black and so impenetrable that except to those who look at thoe thee things with the eye of faith it will beem seem almost impossible for us to escape there will be doubtless doubt les tes many such hours and many such times in our hist history pory jory in the futures futura as there have been in the past but what ot that As the trial may ba be so will be the strength to endure it there it a wise destin design of tho lard our god in permitting these tests teats to our faith to see whether in the midst of gloomy and threatening surroundings we shall falter shall shrink and become timid and be overcome or whether in the midst of thia this gloom in the midst of these thebe forbidding appearances finies our faith will sall be strong in our god an and lathe in the promises the precious preci oua prom promises loves which he hd has made to us now we may calculate upon this thib luyt just as sure aa as he has spoken thero there is this that aa most extraordinary us ii a people gadati gad in the be beginning made a pro mise miss to us which ha has been oft repeated pea ted that all our enemies do against us we should haver Pe peace neace ac peace should agn jn in bur bun our hearts peace perce should ragn in our ours habitat habitations lons ions peace sti sli shaula ouid quid be in our und and br brood od over us is as a people this is one of the great promises god made to us in the beginning neal real the closing verses of the section of the doctrie and covenants and see what god has baid said concerning zion and the promises that are therein embodied respecting us aa as a 0 people that when other nations should be at war when neighbor should rise against neighbor when every man that will not take hia bis word amord a i against forist his hig neighbor ennst needs needa flee flea to zion for safety in zion there should be bp peace I 1 have baldit Is one of or the most extraordinary features connected with this work of our god that when it seemed as though the whole power of the nation was combining from every part of the land execrations exec rations loading the air against the mormons cormons Mor mons of utah territory petitions coming udby up by thousands popular brej dice dlce appealing to popular prejudice and entreating the uhe use uye of bayonets bayons ts of cannon and musketry ibus inus ketry to destroy usand when it seemed as though Con congress gress gresa was in such a mood that it was ready to pasa any law or to frame any enactment to accomplish those ends that in the midst of eil ell this unreasoning excitement in utah territory in the breasts of latter day saints wherever they dwelt jn in these mountain fastnesses fast nesses or scattered abroad among tiie tile tle nations of the earth there was a spirit of unfailing peace a spirit of quietude a espirit spirit of sere nitya spirit and undismayed resignation awaiting quietly and patiently the good providence of our god knowing that last in and of themselves they were helpless to defend themselves against these attacks bat having unshaken confidence in the promises which god had made to his people 0 most wonderful Most moat wonderful exhibition of calmness most wonderful exhibition of consistent faithe most wonderful exhibition of i fortitude of 0 f courage and of unfailing trust in the tho almighty power of th that at gd GA existence so many in the world deny A rare example to the nations of the earth of the willingness of a people to put their trust in their god even to the very uttermost i now my brethren and hiate elate sisters rs if there is 13 any say 9 great greal reat rest peculiarity connected with u us 9 aa as a people that is noticeable it Is this you cau notice it in yourselves you can notice it in your brethren and sisters you yon can notice it in your children presidents of takes stakes S can notice it tho bishop cah can notice it t the tho bishops counsellors coun can notice it t the tha high councillors councilors Counci lors ara witnesses of it the entire body of priesthood P r must see the exhibition of these qualities among tho the people to this wonderful extent god bo ba praised d for fort it t I 1 feel to eralso nim him from the bottom of my heart that ho he has pour poured ad ou out t upon his people this thia spirit of fesce pence pc nce ve have laid down in peace pence we have hava slept in peace 1 I wo iwo have risea in la peace wa ve have bave gone gona out in la peace we havo have como in in peace pence wo have prayed in our families famil teb tea in peace pence vo we have gone forth to cul cui p birs bors in a peacy iva evo eave have returned in peace we ve have bave mot together in mir nur in peace the peace of h b aven aveni the peace of almighty gou goo has ed upon this people and it 1101 14 rested upon them in their theirl i eori cori 0 rega milos in aldr vocial P R M e god GA h has given unto us this precious blessing it is beyond price how thankful we ought to be that amidst all ail these murderous threats that have bave been madea made maden against galust us he go has given unto us this feeling which has baa deprived us of all fear such buch a spectacle is unexampled in the history of theearta the earth and of its inhabitants that is in our day look where you will wiil travel where you will mingle with people where you may you yoa behold no nothing like ilke this thle and thus god is bearing witness to the inhabitants of the earth that 1 he Is is able to fulfill fulfil his aromi ees bes to protect his people and to pour out udon unon them that precious pie pi cious clous and hea hes heavenly Vinly gift that is beyond ail all price and they dwell in it and they enjoy it their wives and their chil chii children dreu enjoy it and there is no fear in the hearts bearta of any faithful man mam or pr woman or child within the confines of our land or in any of the adjacent c ent territories where our peo pie isad dwell we if we had no other blessing 1 ing ih than n thisie would be worth all ali the world to us but we have 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